India vs Srilanka

Today, India and Sri Lanka are facing each other in 2nd test match at Kanpur. The battle is not just for the match but also to gain first position in ICC test ranking. If India beats Sri Lanka by 2-0 they will get the first position at ICC Test Ranking. India contains a good record at Kanpur with winning three of the last 6 tests and drawing others so, they will have psychological edge over Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka who was in good form in Ahmedabad is all ready to face India. They had clearly said that they have come here to win test series.
According to the pitch consultants and curators, the pitch is suitable for batsmen but from the 3rd day, it will start taking a turn. Last time the pitch was prepared especially for the India bowlers against South Africa and India had won the match by 8 wickets.
The teams are as follows:

Sri Lanka
NT Paranavitana, TTSamaraweera, AD Mathews, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, HAPW Jayawardenet, Muttiah Muralidharan, Welegedara, Herath. Ajantha Mendis.

India
Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Ojha.
India won the toss and elected to bat first. Two openers Sehwag and Gambhir provided a good start and both made centuries. Sehwag made a brilliant of 131 in just 122 balls and Gambhir made 167 runs. Indian Wall Rahul Dravid scored half century. This was the Gambhir’s 8th test century. Sehwag and Gambhir proved themselves as the world’s best opening pair.